The ACLU recently challenged the Drug Enforcement Administration’s practice of obtaining Oregon patients’ confidential prescription records without a warrant. PPR’s Dr. Deborah Peel submitted a declaration in support of the ACLU’s position, which you can read here.

Good news: It’s a win for privacy! In an opinion issued today, the judge ruled that patients have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their prescription records under the Fourth Amendment, and that the DEA needs a warrant to obtain records from the Oregon Prescription Drug Management Program (PDMP).